Tenant couldn’t afford city. Their alleyway studio made him stay by Kirsten Dirksen on October 20, 2024 More and more families living in urban and suburban setups across California are slowly turning their single-family homes into lots …
In LA, 50s garage becomes ideal backyard home with precise built-ins by Kirsten Dirksen on April 28, 2024 A Hollywood writer/director wanted to turn his rundown garage behind his LA home into a home/studio that could fulfill many …
Retro-futuristic ADU sits atop old Austin bungalow, freeing backyard by Kirsten Dirksen on November 12, 2023 An Austin couple wanted to add on to their small two-bedroom bungalow, but they didn’t want to move out and …
She used commercial materials to build dream 2-story ADU for $30K by Kirsten Dirksen on October 1, 2023 Christi Azevedo has spent years machining metal to make furniture so when she wanted to build a fast, fire-resistant, easily-configurable …
Granny felt lonely. Her new backyard home has her relatives knocking by Kirsten Dirksen on September 3, 2023 Alice Marozas had been living alone in a 5-bedroom home since the death of her husband 7 years earlier when …
Backyard prefab blended perfectly. So she installed it in front by Kirsten Dirksen on June 25, 2023 Jennifer Til’s family home in Silicon Valley sits on a big wide lot perfect for adding a second house, but …
LA family turns unused garage into small home Oasis (before/after) by Kirsten Dirksen on February 26, 2023 They were running out of space in their two-bedroom bungalow for a family of four, a home office, and frequent …
2-story wine barrel beats family’s charming redwood log house by Kirsten Dirksen on October 31, 2022 When Marianne and Richard Atkinson bought a 1250-square-foot cabin in the Santa Cruz Redwoods, they didn’t expect to stay long …
Small prefab backyard home feels more livable than McMansions by Kirsten Dirksen on September 11, 2022 John Geary grew up watching his father build big homes in the San Francisco Bay Area where it can take …
Turned lousy shed into 3 dream homes around zen garden & spa by Kirsten Dirksen on August 1, 2022 25 years ago, Jeffrey Frechette bought “the last $100,000 house in Seattle”, a tiny 1940s-era war bungalow that he describes …
